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New Offenburg

2014 · 81 min

A quiet, unhurried portrait of a fading community, watching elders hold a disappearing language and identity close.

Directed by
Johannes Suhm
Genres
Documentary
Overview
'New Offenburg' is a portrait of the little town of Ste. Genevieve, MO and its descendants of German immigrants from the Black Forest who founded three little villages called Zell, Weingarten and New Offenburg. This is the last generation of people who grew up as foreigners in the US, learning the Badisch dialect as a first language. Now they are Americans, but still keep their second identity, hidden and unknown even for their own children and grandchildren and the generations to come.

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Directed by
Johannes Suhm
Genres
Documentary
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • memory
  • aging
  • family
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism10
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Johannes Suhm
Written by
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Runtime
81 min
Country
United States of America, Germany

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